CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

10 Best Episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 5

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 02, 2023.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E15

#15 - King Baby (Season 5 - Episode 15)

When a major Las Vegas player is found dead, Ecklie orders both teams to investigate the case. The man who had secrets on everyone in Vegas had a very big one of his own.

The episode was rated 7.61 from 140 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E16

#14 - Big Middle (Season 5 - Episode 16)

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Catherine, Nick, and Warrick investigate a badly mutilated body in the woods. The cause of death was a shotgun blast. Nearby is a beaver dam made in part with cash. Grissom, Sarah, and Nick try to determine how a man was killed in a hotel room. It leads them to a convention of big women.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 136 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E10

#13 - No Humans Involved (Season 5 - Episode 10)

Grissom and his team investigate the starving death of a five year old boy. They discover the boy has siblings who are in danger too. Catherine and her team determine who killed a prisoner in a holding cell brawl.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 144 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E12

#12 - Snakes (Season 5 - Episode 12)

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The swing shift has a busy time. Warrick looks into the murder of man by someone who apparently needs a wheelchair. Nick looks into the murder of woman in the subculture of the narcocorrido, songs about drug murders. The night shift is slow and lends help to Catherine's team.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 145 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E2

#11 - Down the Drain (Season 5 - Episode 2)

Heavy rains in Vegas wash up a body in the storm drains. As the team investigates, they find bones from another murder.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 156 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E13

#10 - Nesting Dolls (Season 5 - Episode 13)

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Catherine, Warrick and Nick find the body of two women at a construction site buried under tar.The swing swift are brought into the world of foreign "mail-order" brides. Sara and Catherine have a disputer in which Sara gets suspended by Ecklie for acting insubordinate toward Catherine and himself. Sara opens up to Grissom about her childhood past.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 144 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E21

#9 - Committed (Season 5 - Episode 21)

Grissom and Sara investigate the murder of a mental-hospital patient and quickly narrow down the suspects to a handful of other patients and staff members.

The episode was rated 7.70 from 141 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E6

#8 - What's Eating Gilbert Grissom? (Season 5 - Episode 6)

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The killer from The Execution of Catherine Willows returns with deadly results. The entire team is engaged in a race against time to stop this sadistic killer from succeeding again. Grissom is additionally distraught by the idea that this killer is smarter than he is.

The episode was rated 7.70 from 161 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E22

#7 - Weeping Willows (Season 5 - Episode 22)

A man (Alan Rosenberg) whom Catherine flirted with at a bar reappears in her life as a suspect in a murder investigation.

The episode was rated 7.73 from 135 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E18

#6 - Spark of Life (Season 5 - Episode 18)

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Grissom, Sara and Nick investigate a wildfire that killed one man and badly burned a woman. Catherine, Nick and Warrick get the case of a family of three murdered in their home.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 146 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E14

#5 - Unbearable (Season 5 - Episode 14)

Grissom, Sofia, Sara and Greg investigate the disappearance of a woman coming home from a night out with a friend, her abandoned car found on the edge of a highway. Catherine, Warrick and Nick investigate the deaths of a hunter and his prey, a Kodiak bear.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 139 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E20

#4 - Hollywood Brass (Season 5 - Episode 20)

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Brass travels to Hollywood, California to try to track down his estranged daughter's friend, meanwhile trying to rekindle some kind of relationship with her.

The episode was rated 7.80 from 121 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E11

#3 - Who Shot Sherlock? (Season 5 - Episode 11)

Greg, for his final proficiency, has to determine how the Sherlock Holmes of a Sherlock Holmes club was killed. Nick and Warrick try to determine how the driver of a jeep was killed when the car ran off the road. They have to do this under budget while Catherine is watched by Ecklie.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 157 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E24

#2 - Grave Danger (1) (Season 5 - Episode 24)

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The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.

The episode was rated 8.50 from 173 votes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - S5E25

#1 - Grave Danger (2) (Season 5 - Episode 25)

The CSI teams come together to save one of their own when they learn one team member has been kidnapped and buried alive, and now they must find him before he suffocates under five feet of dirt.

The episode was rated 8.52 from 115 votes.

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